The Mexican GP was an average scoring round, but with a high variation in scores between players.

The foreshadowed- Nine out of ten players predicted Lewis Hamilton as the race winner.- Eight gave him the qualifying win too.

The unfathomablesThere were four questions nobody predicted correctly:- Marcus Ericsson was the quali surprise (+6 places). - But he lost all those places in the first lap (-6).- Pascal Wehrlein was the first to retire from the race.- And he remained the only one, so 21 cars were classified.

Standout predictions of the weekend- Fountoukos13 was the only one to predict Daniel Ricciardo’s fastest lap.- Jenson’s Understeer the only one to choose a correct first lap hero with Felipe Nasr (Ocon would have been a correct answer too, +3 places).

Icemanjee1 and Jenson’s Understeer score a mighty 7 points and win the Mexican GP. Icemanjee1 climbs to second spot in the season ranking, 18 points behind leader Jenson’s Understeer.

The unfathomablesThere were seven questions nobody predicted correctly:- Felipe Nasr was the overachiever of the race (+13 places). - Daniel Ricciardo became the race underperformer (-5 places).- Perhaps a bit mean, but as all drivers on the grid drove the first lap in procession behind the safety car, no driver can be classified a first lap hero or zero. - Marcus Ericsson was the first to retire (not Romain Grosjean who didn’t make it to the grid)- It wasn’t easy to keep track, but there were four separate safety car spells. - The race saw only one leader.

Standout prediction of the weekend- Black_Flag_11 was the only one to predict a correct quali victim in Valtteri Bottas (-3 places; Sainz and Ricciardo would have been correct too).

The win in the wet of Interlagos is shared between Black_Flag_11 and Herb with 4 points. That's a third GP win for both this season.

Jenson's Understeer's lead is now 19 points with one race to go. As the maximum score in a race weekend (including a bonus that has proven to be unreachable) is 20 points, Icemanjee1 is still in contention, theoretically at least.

The unfathomablesThere were seven questions nobody predicted correctly:- Felipe Nasr was the overachiever of the race (+13 places). - Daniel Ricciardo became the race underperformer (-5 places).- Perhaps a bit mean, but as all drivers on the grid drove the first lap in procession behind the safety car, no driver can be classified a first lap hero or zero. - Marcus Ericsson was the first to retire (not Romain Grosjean who didn’t make it to the grid)- It wasn’t easy to keep track, but there were four separate safety car spells. - The race saw only one leader.

Standout prediction of the weekend- Black_Flag_11 was the only one to predict a correct quali victim in Valtteri Bottas (-3 places; Sainz and Ricciardo would have been correct too).

The win in the wet of Interlagos is shared between Black_Flag_11 and Herb with 4 points. That's a third GP win for both this season.

Jenson's Understeer's lead is now 19 points with one race to go. As the maximum score in a race weekend (including a bonus that has proven to be unreachable) is 20 points, Icemanjee1 is still in contention, theoretically at least.

First of all how did i actually screw the second part of the season that much...Also about the first lap hero/zero, in the British GP we had the same start (behind SC) and you awarded the points to all of us.It doesn't make any difference other than giving everyone 2 points.

The unfathomablesThere were seven questions nobody predicted correctly:- Felipe Nasr was the overachiever of the race (+13 places). - Daniel Ricciardo became the race underperformer (-5 places).- Perhaps a bit mean, but as all drivers on the grid drove the first lap in procession behind the safety car, no driver can be classified a first lap hero or zero. - Marcus Ericsson was the first to retire (not Romain Grosjean who didn’t make it to the grid)- It wasn’t easy to keep track, but there were four separate safety car spells. - The race saw only one leader.

Standout prediction of the weekend- Black_Flag_11 was the only one to predict a correct quali victim in Valtteri Bottas (-3 places; Sainz and Ricciardo would have been correct too).

The win in the wet of Interlagos is shared between Black_Flag_11 and Herb with 4 points. That's a third GP win for both this season.

Jenson's Understeer's lead is now 19 points with one race to go. As the maximum score in a race weekend (including a bonus that has proven to be unreachable) is 20 points, Icemanjee1 is still in contention, theoretically at least.

First of all how did i actually screw the second part of the season that much...Also about the first lap hero/zero, in the British GP we had the same start (behind SC) and you awarded the points to all of us.It doesn't make any difference other than giving everyone 2 points.

Hey now, some of us are still trying to reach 100 points you know!

But this is a very valid point. You expect these sort of inconsistencies from the F1 stewards, not TypingChicane

The unfathomablesThere were seven questions nobody predicted correctly:- Felipe Nasr was the overachiever of the race (+13 places). - Daniel Ricciardo became the race underperformer (-5 places).- Perhaps a bit mean, but as all drivers on the grid drove the first lap in procession behind the safety car, no driver can be classified a first lap hero or zero. - Marcus Ericsson was the first to retire (not Romain Grosjean who didn’t make it to the grid)- It wasn’t easy to keep track, but there were four separate safety car spells. - The race saw only one leader.

Standout prediction of the weekend- Black_Flag_11 was the only one to predict a correct quali victim in Valtteri Bottas (-3 places; Sainz and Ricciardo would have been correct too).

The win in the wet of Interlagos is shared between Black_Flag_11 and Herb with 4 points. That's a third GP win for both this season.

Jenson's Understeer's lead is now 19 points with one race to go. As the maximum score in a race weekend (including a bonus that has proven to be unreachable) is 20 points, Icemanjee1 is still in contention, theoretically at least.

First of all how did i actually screw the second part of the season that much...Also about the first lap hero/zero, in the British GP we had the same start (behind SC) and you awarded the points to all of us.It doesn't make any difference other than giving everyone 2 points.

Hey now, some of us are still trying to reach 100 points you know!

But this is a very valid point. You expect these sort of inconsistencies from the F1 stewards, not TypingChicane

Ouch... Shots fired!

I would like to say some premature congratulations for your championship win as you need to score 0 and icemanjee1 to get all questions right for you to lose it.

I think the mistake was made at Silverstone, not in Brazil. Perhaps I should deduct 2 points from everyone.

So are you going to leave it as it is or will you change anything?

If anyone has difficulty accepting this inconsistency, I will change it. But as you said earlier, it doesn't change our scores relative to each other. And do we really want Jenson's Understeer to reach 100 this cheaply? For next year though, I will add a rule clarification.

Funny thing is, I actually did remember to check the scoring of previous races that started behind the safety car. But it was Monaco that I looked at, where Kvyat's car had a failure on the first lap, so only the drivers behind him were classified as first lap heroes (and Kvyat as the zero). I had forgotten that Silverstone was a safety car start too.

Another change that I want to propose for next year, is a new bonus system. The current one has become all but a running joke now.The idea I have in mind is that everybody nominates one of the 13 question each race weekend as their bonus question (play a joker, if you like). If the answer of that question turns out to be correct, the bonus score is determined by the number of players that gave a wrong answer to that same question. This should add more strategy to the game (it's very much risk-reward to choose the question you want to nominate) and make the variation in scores less predictable. It will replace the current bonus system that never was. What do you all think?

I think the mistake was made at Silverstone, not in Brazil. Perhaps I should deduct 2 points from everyone.

So are you going to leave it as it is or will you change anything?

If anyone has difficulty accepting this inconsistency, I will change it. But as you said earlier, it doesn't change our scores relative to each other. And do we really want Jenson's Understeer to reach 100 this cheaply? For next year though, I will add a rule clarification.

Funny thing is, I actually did remember to check the scoring of previous races that started behind the safety car. But it was Monaco that I looked at, where Kvyat's car had a failure on the first lap, so only the drivers behind him were classified as first lap heroes (and Kvyat as the zero). I had forgotten that Silverstone was a safety car start too.

Another change that I want to propose for next year, is a new bonus system. The current one has become all but a running joke now.The idea I have in mind is that everybody nominates one of the 13 question each race weekend as their bonus question (play a joker, if you like). If the answer of that question turns out to be correct, the bonus score is determined by the number of players that gave a wrong answer to that same question. This should add more strategy to the game (it's very much risk-reward to choose the question you want to nominate) and make the variation in scores less predictable. It will replace the current bonus system that never was. What do you all think?

Yes. Yes we do

As for the bonus idea, I really like that. Not only does it actually make the bonus achievable but, as you say, it adds an element of strategy. If it were in place now then you could go for a 'safer' option of, say, Lewis Hamilton on pole in Abu Dhabi, knowing most people would make the same prediction and therefore the wrong answers - and what the bonus would be worth - would be relatively small but more likely to be achieved. Alternatively you could go for an off-the-chart prediction you don't expect anyone else will make, knowing if it comes in you'll get a huge bonus but that it is a lot less likely to happen. Good idea

The F1 2016 showdown in the desert of Abu Dhabi delivered a fairly high scoring round with 45 correct answers (average is 36).

The foreshadowed- All 10 players predicted the race win by Lewis Hamilton.- Nine also foresaw his qualifying win.- Also nine had Esteban Gutierrez as the quali surprise (+8 places).- Eight predicted there would be no safety cars.

The unfathomablesThere were six questions that found no match:- Like in the last race, Daniel Ricciardo became the race underperformer (-2 places).- Felipe Nasr won 5 places in the first lap to become the FL hero. - Max Verstappen lost 13 spots and was the first lap zero.- Kevin Magnussen was the first to retire.- Abu Dhabi saw no less than 4 race leaders.- Only 17 cars were classified.

Standout prediction of the weekend- TypingChicane was the only one to predict the correct quali victim in Carlos Sainz (-9 places).

The GP win goes to TypingChicane with 6 points, a fourth win this season, all of them after the summer break!

Well played, and congratulations to Jenson's Understeer! Interesting statistics for the end result. Apparently next season I really need to work on guessing the race underperformer and first man out... although I'm guessing if anything things will be more unpredictable next season!

Interesting to see how the overall statistics break down. Some of the totals are a little off (math was never my strong point but I'm reasonably confident that our collective correct predictions for fastest lap, for instance, do not add up to 24 ) but just looking at the best scores in each paints a picture. It seems the categories which are more subjective to luck/randomness ultimately ended up being the toughest to predict, while those which are more dictated by the performance of the cars/drivers were where we all scored highest. Perhaps not all that surprising!

Thanks for running this, TypingChicane. I've really enjoyed it and I'm very much looking forward to defending my title next year.